environmental justice

The United States of Inequality

New course explores inequality in America

Paul Gabrielsen
science writer, University Marketing & Communications
June 29, 2021

The general education course discusses the complexity and interconnectedness of inequality.

A mural of the night sky, with a full moon. Constellations are drawn in the sky, the sky shows an arm of the Milky Way galaxy in fuchsia and dark blue, the full moon shows a figure of a rabbit in it. The foreground is a silhouette of a hill with a wolf howling, people pointing at the sky. The bottom has numbers that show how the darkness gets lighter towards the city due to light pollution.

Dark sky’s future leaders

Lisa Potter
research communications specialist, U Communications
April 1, 2021

The first undergraduate cohort of the dark sky studies minor completed the Dark Sky Studies Capstone course with projects that made an impact in Utah’s communities.

Persistent inequitable exposure to air pollution in Salt Lake County schools

Lisa Potter
science writer, University of Utah Communications
May 15, 2020

A new study utilized a community-university partnership of nearly 200 PM 2.5 sensors through the Air Quality and U network. U researchers revealed persistent social inequalities in Salt Lake County schools.

Taking on environmental injustice

Sustainability Office
March 9, 2020

Environmental injustices play out in Salt Lake City as they do across the globe, especially when it comes to air quality.